Virat Kohli, who recently retired from T20Is and Tests, drew parallels between the pressure of high-stakes tennis and the intense scrutiny that surrounds India-Pakistan encounters and World Cup knockouts. Kohli, attending Wimbledon on Monday alongside his wife, actor Anushka Sharma, was struck by the relentless mental demands placed on tennis players.

The former India skipper remarked that what tennis players endure on a near-weekly basis is akin only to the sporadic but searing pressure faced by Indian cricketers during marquee clashes against Pakistan or in World Cup knockouts. 

"I think the experience (in pressure situations) can be similar. But the intimidation factor and the pressure that would replicate for us in a World Cup game, a World Cup match between India and Pakistan or a semifinal or a final of the World Cup, your legs are shivering because of sheer pressure," Kohli said during the interview telecast on 'Star Sports', during a conversation with tennis legend Vijay Amritraj during the day's proceedings.